First American edition of Verve no. 35/36, published in 1958 (as was the Verve edition) by Harcourt, Brace & Co and printed in France with color lithographs of the cut-paper collages by Mourlot Freres and b/w heliogravures of the related drawings plus typography by Draeger Freres. With essays by Pierre Reverdy and Geoges Duthuit in English. The 40 original color lithographs, all printed on recto on heavy paper with titles printed in block letters on verso, are indexed in French at the rear; 27 are solo plates, 8 are bound as the center sheets in their gathers, 2 are fold-out triptychs, and 3 are quadruple fold-outs. Included are reproductions of many of Matisse’s most famous cut-outs: Blue Nudes, Sadness of the King, Swimming Pool, mural with masks, mural with fruit, designs for the stained glass windows in Venice, and images from the Jazz book. Large 4to (14.5” x 10.75”), pictorial boards with pictorial dust jacket from an original design by Matisse, who began the project in 1954 shortly before his death; 184 pages with color and b/w illustrations. Creasing to lower corner of only one leaf, pp. 69-70. Content otherwise NF. Dj fully split at front joint, partially split at rear joint; it remains visually seamless within the protective cover. Moderate bumping and rubbing to dj, with three small closed tears to front cover, and limited open tears to spine ends. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities; paper spine detached. A complete and very presentable copy of a high water mark of twentieth century book art, now protected in a mylar cover.
First American edition of Verve no. 35/36, published in 1958 (as was the Verve edition) by Harcourt, Brace & Co and printed in France with color lithographs of the cut-paper collages by Mourlot Freres and b/w heliogravures of the related drawings plus typography by Draeger Freres. With essays by Pierre Reverdy and Geoges Duthuit in English. The 40 original color lithographs, all printed on recto on heavy paper with titles printed in block letters on verso, are indexed in French at the rear; 27 are solo plates, 8 are bound as the center sheets in their gathers, 2 are fold-out triptychs, and 3 are quadruple fold-outs. Included are reproductions of many of Matisse’s most famous cut-outs: Blue Nudes, Sadness of the King, Swimming Pool, mural with masks, mural with fruit, designs for the stained glass windows in Venice, and images from the Jazz book. Large 4to (14.5” x 10.75”), pictorial boards with pictorial dust jacket from an original design by Matisse, who began the project in 1954 shortly before his death; 184 pages with color and b/w illustrations. Creasing to lower corner of only one leaf, pp. 69-70. Content otherwise NF. Dj fully split at front joint, partially split at rear joint; it remains visually seamless within the protective cover. Moderate bumping and rubbing to dj, with three small closed tears to front cover, and limited open tears to spine ends. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities; paper spine detached. A complete and very presentable copy of a high water mark of twentieth century book art, now protected in a mylar cover.
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